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100 1 _aSmith, Philip B.
_q(Philip Bartlett)
245 1 2 _aA billion bootstraps:
_bmicrocredit, barefoot banking, and the business solution for ending poverty /
_cPhil Smith, Eric Thurman.
246 3 0 _aMicrocredit, barefoot banking, and the business solution for ending poverty
264 1 _aNew York :
_bMcGraw-Hill,
_c[2007]
264 4 _ccopyright 2007.
300 _axiii, 224 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 207-213) and index.
520 _aDiscusses how microcredit can be used as a business strategy to help eliminate poverty, which involves granting small loans to impoverished people to start businesses to support their families and improve communities; and also describes why short-term relief charity programs perpetuate problems.
521 2 _aAdult
521 2 _aAdult
_bFollett Library Resources
650 0 _aLoans, Personal.
650 0 _aMicrofinance.
650 0 _aPoverty.
650 7 _aMicrofinance.
_2sears
650 7 _aPersonal loans.
_2sears
650 7 _aPoverty.
_2sears
700 1 _aThurman, Eric.
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